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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Well \Well\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Welled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Welling}.] [OE. wellen, AS wyllan wellan, fr weallan
akin to OFries walla, OS & OHG. wallan, G. wallen, Icel.
vella, G. welle, wave, OHG. wella, walm, AS wylm; cf L.
volvere to roll, Gr ? to inwrap, ? to roll. Cf {Voluble},
{Wallop} to boil, {Wallow}, {Weld} of metal.]
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
``[Blood] welled from out the wound.'' --Dryden. ``[Yon
spring] wells softly forth.'' --Bryant.
From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm, Pure
welling out he through the lucid lake Of fair Dambea
rolls his infant streams. --Thomson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Welling, OK
Zip code(s): 74471
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